SIMULATION OF EXTRA LIGHT-THIN COMPONENT DEFORMATION WITH ABNORMAL SHAPE

Based on the analyses of the structural feature and the function requirements of newstyle bottle cap, the two fundamental components, the lining washer and the outer body, are abstracted as a plate and a cylinder with thin wall respectively. For simulating the deformation of the lining washer under equiaxial pressure, the modified Lagrangian finite element analysis is applied on the 228 triangular elements. Under assembly pressure, the plastoelastic deformation of both the lining washer and the outer body are studied in terms of Tresca＇s yield criterion and the limitation of the plastic deformation is presented when the two components are assembled into one unit. For the production of this kind of bottle cover, experiments are carried out by carefully measuring the changes of the diameter of lining washer as well as that of the outer body. It is shown that results from the experiments have a good agreement with the theoretical calculation and the maximum value of the allowable pressure has successfully been used in the design of newly developed bottle cap production system.

Flower Opening Simulation Based on Key Lines Using WebGL

A flower opening simulation based on key lines model is proposed. First, this model generates several petals with b-spline surfaces based on key lines. Second, a flower bud is constructed according to layers of the bud and petal numbers in each layer. Then, flower opening process is simulated with Logistic function. At last, flowers opening simulations of seven types are carried out with Web GL. The results show that, using this model, the average rendering time of these 7 flowers is 195.84 s, the minimum rendering time is only 12.23 s in gardenia flower opening simulation. Compared with Takashi＇s method, this model is more efficient in flower opening simulation process.

Using simulation in layout verification of solar module assembly workshop

Facility layout problem(FLP)contemplates the optimization of space utilization,costs,and material flow.Commercial simulation softwares are commonly used to validate layouts by simulating the real world material flow and production process.To validate a layout scenario of a solar module assembly workshop,a 3D simulation model is presented which was designed on VisualComponents software.To begin with,we introduce the layout characteristics and use the systematic layout planning(SLP)method to design the block layout of workshop.Then,we built components library which contains all the facilities needed in the production line,specifically conveyors,processing equipments,robots,buffers.Finally,we have established a simulation layout model using the components in the customized library according to the block layout,and configured the components which were allocated in the layout by setting the parameters and building the connection between components via signal.To improve the performance of the workshop,we have found the best work-in-process(WIP)value for the workshop and the optimal number of workers.Additionally,the layout model was used to test collision and reachability.It demonstrated the production process in a realistic simulation environment which helped in the sales process as well.The reusable component models we have built make it easy to build a layout within a short time and validate the effectiveness of the layout scenarios for any other projects.

Towards modeling pedestrian’s invisible trail for simulating crowd movement

Facility layout problem(FLP)contemplates the optimization of space utilization,costs,and material flow.Commercial simulation softwares are commonly used to validate layouts by simulating the real world material flow and production process.To validate a layout scenario of a solar module assembly workshop,a 3D simulation model is presented which was designed on VisualComponents software.To begin with,we introduce the layout characteristics and use the systematic layout planning(SLP)method to design the block layout of workshop.Then,we built components library which contains all the facilities needed in the production line,specifically conveyors,processing equipments,robots,buffers.Finally,we have established a simulation layout model using the components in the customized library according to the block layout,and configured the components which were allocated in the layout by setting the parameters and building the connection between components via signal.To improve the performance of the workshop,we have found the best work-in-process(WIP)value for the workshop and the optimal number of workers.Additionally,the layout model was used to test collision and reachability.It demonstrated the production process in a realistic simulation environment which helped in the sales process as well.The reusable component models we have built make it easy to build a layout within a short time and validate the effectiveness of the layout scenarios for any other projects.